Lathe halves cycle time

25 January 2013

HiSpec Motorsport produces good
quality, high performance braking
products at prices that appeal to the
general road user, the kit car
enthusiast, the racer and the track
day fan.
With the diameter of the grey cast
i

HiSpec Motorsport produces good
quality, high performance braking
products at prices that appeal to the
general road user, the kit car
enthusiast, the racer and the track
day fan.

With the diameter of the grey cast
iron brake discs increasing, the Kentbased
company invested in a larger
capacity lathe, choosing an XYZ
ProTURN SLX 555 CNC/manual
lathe equipped with a 400mm chuck,
quick change toolpost and plain
English language programmable
ProtoTRAK control system.

"It's a gearbox machine with
masses of torque, which means we
can take bigger cuts," says HiSpec
Motorsport founder, Geoff Bedding.

"In fact, we have halved cycle times
when machining brake discs. Having
been impressed by the ease of use of
the control, the construction and
power of the machine, and its very
reasonable price tag, the new lathe
was installed in late December and
has since shown itself to be the best
machine by far of all the ones we
considered initially."